Fri Jan 21, 2022, 02:40 PM

Rejoice--Kyrsten Sinema's Political Career is Already Over

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By Josh Marshall
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January 21, 2022 12:16 p.m

Amidst all the disappointment and tribulation of recent days please join me in taking a moment to step back, in a posture of mindful gratitude, to contemplate the fact that Kyrsten Sinema’s career in electoral politics is already over. Yes, the damage she’s already done will be difficult to remedy. She still has three solid years to do yet more damage. And she probably will. But none of that damage, none of the hijinks and characteristic game-playing to come, will or can change her electoral fate. In political terms, she’s already dead senator walking. And the most perplexing but paradoxically delightful part of it is that she doesn’t even seem to realize it yet.

How can I be so sure she’s a goner in such an uncertain time and in a reelection campaign almost three years away? It’s not just the increasingly likely primary challenge, which could end her Senate career on its own. Her problem runs much deeper. She has already made herself essentially unelectable, whether her quest for reelection ends in a primary or the general election.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rejoice-kyrsten-sinemas-political-career-is-already-over

I know Josh Marshall added the cartoon metaphor about a person jumping off a building....

but I think I will add this....

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Rejoice--Kyrsten Sinema's Political Career is Already Over (Original post)	turbinetree	Jan 2022	OP
At the end of her six year term she will be eligible for a pension.	tikka	Jan 2022	#1
maybe she won't serve her term, maybe AZ will remove her. Is that possible?	Trueblue1968	Jan 2022	#53
no recalls for Congresspeople	Celerity	Jan 2022	#58
Yes, if she commits a high crime and gets expelled	Polybius	Jan 2022	#70
The FERS pension kinda sucks, even for Congress	madville	Jan 2022	#66
Hallelujah!!! Not. A. Fan.	Raster	Jan 2022	#2
On point - and thank you	JustAnotherGen	Jan 2022	#8
Same, same! Total regret voting for her. Never again. eom	LittleGirl	Jan 2022	#27
We must be careful	DENVERPOPS	Jan 2022	#30
He must not have watched her speech, in which she put on that middle school	Carlitos Brigante	Jan 2022	#3
BOOTS	Goonch	Jan 2022	#4
She looks like an idiot nt	XanaDUer2	Jan 2022	#6
Post removed	Post removed	Jan 2022	#13
Post removed	Post removed	Jan 2022	#22
Her way of letting corporate lobbyists know she is for sale	IronLionZion	Jan 2022	#14
More like "BOO".	oasis	Jan 2022	#24
LOL, just squeezing in some Senate business during a break in Pirates of Penzance rehearsals.	tanyev	Jan 2022	#54
She's got sex appeal	Polybius	Jan 2022	#71
I predict she will run as an independent spoiler in 2024	Fiendish Thingy	Jan 2022	#5
Spot on, except I suspect she'll run for president instead of Senate.	tinrobot	Jan 2022	#7
Who would vote for her?	IronLionZion	Jan 2022	#16
Exactly right - the Dems hate her and why would the Repukes want her?	FakeNoose	Jan 2022	#40
Back to her roots. Green Stein Party.	Budi	Jan 2022	#11
I'm not sure they'd want to associate with her anymore.	SergeStorms	Jan 2022	#28
It doesn't matter where she ends up at this point. Somewhere a fascist is already making a deal	Budi	Jan 2022	#55
How can	Traildogbob	Jan 2022	#29
Emily's List	homegirl	Jan 2022	#33
Given the regional environment, I suspect she'd siphon off as many GOP votes	Torchlight	Jan 2022	#19
Sore loser is very pertinent here in Colorado	DENVERPOPS	Jan 2022	#35
But Sinema will have choose, she can't run in primary, lose, then run in general. Nt	Fiendish Thingy	Jan 2022	#63
+1	uponit7771	Jan 2022	#57
It's pretty clear she doesn't intend to run again. What's next? A sinecure...	keep_left	Jan 2022	#9
A show on RT seems perfect for her experience as a saboteur.	Efilroft Sul	Jan 2022	#10
the Republicans	DENVERPOPS	Jan 2022	#64
So she's entirely unshackled from any influence for the next three years?	FBaggins	Jan 2022	#12
Kyrsten Sinema	Ray Bruns	Jan 2022	#15
This message was self-deleted by its author	NNadir	Jan 2022	#17
There's no amount of shadenfreude sufficient to compensate for the end of democracy	Silent3	Jan 2022	#18
I note that she started her political life as a "Green."	NNadir	Jan 2022	#20
I like her snake outfit. Good choice.	housecat	Jan 2022	#21
Came to say this.	BadgerMom	Jan 2022	#26
Thoroughly appropriate fabric choice. n/t	dobleremolque	Jan 2022	#32
I thought it was Spiderman.	xxqqqzme	Jan 2022	#42
GMTA n/t	sarge43	Jan 2022	#49
She will leave office a millionaire. I think that was her only goal, to enrich herself.	CrispyQ	Jan 2022	#23
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Jan 2022	#25
She would lose. 100% Here's why...	themaguffin	Jan 2022	#36
Did you read the article?	ShazzieB	Jan 2022	#37
She also voted to impeach Trump twice.	radius777	Jan 2022	#43
Hopefully that is the case, but we will see	Sherman A1	Jan 2022	#31
She's still in office & will scorch the Earth until her term is up, so I don't feel celebratory.	themaguffin	Jan 2022	#34
i SURE hope he is right....	YoshidaYui	Jan 2022	#38
i must inform you- Wile E. Coyote is an outstanding comedian..Kyrsten Sinema is not outstanding..	Stuart G	Jan 2022	#39
Let her be a warning: Make sure you're voting for a REAL Democrat.	Joinfortmill	Jan 2022	#41
She does not care about any of the politics	Scalded Nun	Jan 2022	#44
It would be better if she was up for reelection in 2022, not 2024.	patphil	Jan 2022	#45
Rep. Ruben Gallego is the perfect candidate	radius777	Jan 2022	#46
It would not surprise me if she changed parties when it becomes apparent to her	Bristlecone	Jan 2022	#47
How long until Krusty The Trojan Horse completely flips to the GOP? nt	Progressive Jones	Jan 2022	#48
It's only over if she runs as a (D) ...	aggiesal	Jan 2022	#50
bi-sexual, pro-choice, atheist equals doom in Rethug primary nt	Celerity	Jan 2022	#59
No she wouldn't.	JI7	Jan 2022	#60
As the old saying goes ...	aggiesal	Jan 2022	#61
What trumpanzee	wellst0nev0ter	Jan 2022	#69
A stupid one. n/t	aggiesal	Jan 2022	#72
Yes, she's a snake	shanti	Jan 2022	#51
she doesn't care.	Javaman	Jan 2022	#52
It's a crappy pension these days	madville	Jan 2022	#67
she will make millions as a lobbyist	mucifer	Jan 2022	#56
Nope...her career isn't over	brooklynite	Jan 2022	#62
She kind of reminds me of the plain middle school girl whose mother took her for a makeover.	halfulglas	Jan 2022	#65
Traitor Joe Lieberman was forced to retire after ratfucking Obama	wellst0nev0ter	Jan 2022	#68

Response to turbinetree (Original post)

Fri Jan 21, 2022, 02:51 PM

tikka (718 posts)

1. At the end of her six year term she will be eligible for a pension.

The Republican network may or may not find her a cushy job. I doubt that she will have any luck as a lobbyist.

Rejoice--Kyrsten Sinema's Political Career is Already Over

1. At the end of her six year term she will be eligible for a pension.

53. maybe she won't serve her term, maybe AZ will remove her. Is that possible?

58. no recalls for Congresspeople

70. Yes, if she commits a high crime and gets expelled

66. The FERS pension kinda sucks, even for Congress

2. Hallelujah!!! Not. A. Fan.

8. On point - and thank you

27. Same, same! Total regret voting for her. Never again. eom

30. We must be careful

3. He must not have watched her speech, in which she put on that middle school

4. BOOTS

6. She looks like an idiot nt

14. Her way of letting corporate lobbyists know she is for sale

24. More like "BOO".

54. LOL, just squeezing in some Senate business during a break in Pirates of Penzance rehearsals.

71. She's got sex appeal

5. I predict she will run as an independent spoiler in 2024

7. Spot on, except I suspect she'll run for president instead of Senate.

16. Who would vote for her?

40. Exactly right - the Dems hate her and why would the Repukes want her?

11. Back to her roots. Green Stein Party.

28. I'm not sure they'd want to associate with her anymore.

55. It doesn't matter where she ends up at this point. Somewhere a fascist is already making a deal

29. How can

33. Emily's List

19. Given the regional environment, I suspect she'd siphon off as many GOP votes

35. Sore loser is very pertinent here in Colorado

63. But Sinema will have choose, she can't run in primary, lose, then run in general. Nt

57. +1

9. It's pretty clear she doesn't intend to run again. What's next? A sinecure...

10. A show on RT seems perfect for her experience as a saboteur.

64. the Republicans

12. So she's entirely unshackled from any influence for the next three years?

15. Kyrsten Sinema

18. There's no amount of shadenfreude sufficient to compensate for the end of democracy

20. I note that she started her political life as a "Green."

21. I like her snake outfit. Good choice.

26. Came to say this.

32. Thoroughly appropriate fabric choice. n/t

42. I thought it was Spiderman.

49. GMTA n/t

23. She will leave office a millionaire. I think that was her only goal, to enrich herself.

36. She would lose. 100% Here's why...

37. Did you read the article?

43. She also voted to impeach Trump twice.

31. Hopefully that is the case, but we will see

34. She's still in office & will scorch the Earth until her term is up, so I don't feel celebratory.

38. i SURE hope he is right....

39. i must inform you- Wile E. Coyote is an outstanding comedian..Kyrsten Sinema is not outstanding..

41. Let her be a warning: Make sure you're voting for a REAL Democrat.

44. She does not care about any of the politics

45. It would be better if she was up for reelection in 2022, not 2024.

46. Rep. Ruben Gallego is the perfect candidate

47. It would not surprise me if she changed parties when it becomes apparent to her

48. How long until Krusty The Trojan Horse completely flips to the GOP? nt

50. It's only over if she runs as a (D) ...

59. bi-sexual, pro-choice, atheist equals doom in Rethug primary nt

60. No she wouldn't.

61. As the old saying goes ...

69. What trumpanzee

72. A stupid one. n/t

51. Yes, she's a snake

52. she doesn't care.

67. It's a crappy pension these days

56. she will make millions as a lobbyist

62. Nope...her career isn't over

65. She kind of reminds me of the plain middle school girl whose mother took her for a makeover.

68. Traitor Joe Lieberman was forced to retire after ratfucking Obama